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Recent Examples of hope chestLily Franck; 2024; USA; 4 min A mother’s hope chest becomes a catalyst for her daughter’s reconsideration of traditional gender roles in this charming stop-motion animation.—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025 Lily Franck; 2024; USA; 4 min A mother’s hope chest becomes a catalyst for her daughter’s reconsideration of traditional gender roles in this charming stop-motion animation.—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025 While the tradition of a hope chest has its roots thousands of years ago, cedar became the material du jour thanks to its insect-repelling qualities.—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024 My grad school dissertation explored hope chests and wedding traditions among Turkish women.—Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024 The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest.—Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2022 The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest.—NBC News, 5 Dec. 2020 The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest.—NBC News, 5 Dec. 2020 The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest.—NBC News, 5 Dec. 2020
The 17-year-old has already collected two gold medals at this year’s World Cup circuit, one on vault and another on floor exercise.
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Caroline Price,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
The fact that neither could get off the floor was another negative; Queen’s 23-inch no-step vertical was the worst at the combine, and Broome’s 24 1/2-inch vault was not much better.
And not only does her role as Alison, a smart and determined deaf woman who works in a police canteen and gets recruited to use her lip-reading skills in a covert operation, redefine how deaf characters can be featured on screen.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2025
Back then, Erik ten Hag was manager, the staff lunch in the Carrington canteen was more than just soup and sandwiches, and Harry Maguire was just a centre-back.
This huge cat tree features three top perches, hammocks, hidden compartments for your cats to play in and a scratching post.
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Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
13 May 2025
Often, a vehicle won’t start or fails to operate properly because mice have gnawed through wires in the engine compartment.
Chapter 1: The First Lieutenant Each man in the squadron carried, along with a sea chest, his own burdensome story.
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David Grann,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2023
The crack formed on a spot where two pieces were welded together and was hidden behind a sea chest that houses a fire pump, which is part of an onboard sprinkler system.
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